The Dismissal

The Dismissal

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 6, 1983

Runtime

4h 30m

Genres

History, Drama, TV Movie

Original Title

The Dismissal

Production Companies

Kennedy Miller Productions, Network Ten

Director

Phillip Noyce

Description

The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.